Morning journal and courier., 1887-08-12
EXCURSIONS OF YESTERDAY.

| The Many Places to Which New Haven People Went and Enjoyed rhem- selves - The Railroad EmploYes' Picnic at ParIor Rock.
 l The steamer John H. Starin made it's reg- 1 ular trip to Clan Island yesterday, taking | along very large crowd which numbered about eight hundred. This shows that Glen | Island has lost none of it's popularity. From Derby, early enough to go, came the Phoenix | band. bringing along large number. About one hundred employees of the Consolidated l roads shops wanted to take peep at the ! island and to enjoy the vigorous sea breezes. Then there was the Adelphi Litera- ry association going on it's annual excursion. Happy was the party and broad were the | smiles of Agent Conklin as the boat pulled ! away, bound for the island. Among the ex- cursionists were John Mclaughlin, Fred Farnham, Edward Jackson, Frank Taylor, Edward w. Williams, Isaac Asher, Miss Belle Strouse, Miss Sophia Greenspeck, Mrs. L. Asher, Miss Julia Kohn, Miss Fannie Meyers, Miss Omi Davids, Miss Florence Hanover, Miss Nettie Machol, Miss Ida Mann, Milton Veil, c. A. Rosenthal, Isadore Freed man, Nate Fisher, Louis Mann, A. Thalhei- mer, H. Machol, George Lamb and Frank Fl. Carlin.
 PARLoR ROCK ALIVE YESTERDAY WITH RAIL- ROAD MEN.
 At shortly after o'clock yesterday morn ing a train on board of which wefe the en- ployes of the Consolidated road thundered out of the Union depot They were going to Parlor Rock. They had a day off to have their seventeenth annual excursion. Some of the employees did not go this way, prefer ring, as they are so used to riding on the cars, to take trip on the water, and so went to Glen Island. The picnic to the Rock was a very successful affair and reflected credit on those having it in charge. The employees return thanks to Vice President Stevenson of the Housatonic road for giving them passes over his road to the Rock Wheeler & Will sons orchestra furnished the music, while dancing was one of the principal amusements. The committee which had the picnic in charge was composed of F. A. Foster, J. F. Coan, J. F. Mead, J. H. Ross, w. J. Futile, D. P. Burns, M. King, W. McFarlane, c. J. Dillon and J. Eckert. The floor committee F. Whitaker, J. a. Ross, D. P. Burns, w. McFarlane, E. M. Beebe and c. J. Dillon.
 THE ELM CITY GOES TO MYSTIC IsLAND-A
 COLLISION AVOIDED.
 Santa Maria council, Knights of Columbus, enjoyed themselves yesterday hugely. The Elm City took about five hundred of them and their friends to Mystic Island. As the boat left Belle dock at g o'clock some excite ment was caused by what looked like colli- sion with an old two masted schooner, which was prevented by the tugboat s. R. Smith coming along and taking the schooner out of harms way just in the nick of time. Mallon's string band furnished the music for the dan cling. The committee having it in charge was composed of Thomas J. Coffey. James A. Douglass, George J. Murphy, Dennis Kane, D. J. Shields, John F. Brouthers, Jas bn Burns and T. M. Kenna.
 Among the excursionists were T. J. Fox, wife and family, Daniel Dore and wife, the Misses Healy, Mrs. Mclean, Miss Libbie Don- nelly, Miss Carrie Kennedy, the Misses Coyle, Miss Miss Ward. Mrs: Bradley, Miss cohane, John Copin, J. J. McPart1and, Edward NeNulty, Henry Shepard, Dennis Freeman, J. J. Sweeney John Mullen. Geo. B. Jones, Christopher J. Dillon, James Cook, Thomas Clyne, George Murphy, Thos. E: Kenna and family, John Brouthers and Devereaux, George Pstrie and family, John McCartland, Mrs. Coyle, Miss McShane, Mrs. Alexander Troup and family. Daniel Cowles, James Snigg, M. w. Say, MT. Hart and fam ily, Hiram Smith and family and Mrs. Bur- leigh of Holyoke, Mass Mass, Peter ,Golgan and Miss Chapman, James Meehan, Mrs. Cier- kin, Mrs. and Miss Burnhart, Dorr Nor ton of Mohawk, N. Y., Colonel B. A. Austin, of Georgia ; Colonel J. D. Sweeney, John Ryan, Dennis F. Kane, Henry Cummings, John Mullen, Jeremiah Donovan, Thomas McGuinness, J. Douglass.
 TO PAwsoN PARK.
 St. Patrick's Sunday school and choir had an enjoyable time yesterday at Pawson Park, whither they went for their annual excur- sion, there being about three hundred who went Among these were Misses Mamie Hogan, Sarah Scully, Lizzie Holloran, Mamie Mulvey, Flanagan, McGrath, Conlon, Annie Kelly, Nellie McGowan, Maggie Kelly, Julia Clyne. Shanley, Mrs. P. Hall, Miss McAuliffe, the Misses Hall, Rev. Father Russell, Bar tholomew McCuen, James Hughson.
 SPLENDID PLACE.
 Down at Stiles Park, Lighthouse Point, l were many who had gone for day's outing. ! The steamer makes several trips daily to that | place, leaving Belle Dock.
 LARGE PARTY AT HIGH ROCK.
 The Methodist and the Plymouth churches 1 and Sunday schools of Milford, had their annual excursion yesterday. It was held at High Rock Grove. Besides the members of